Isaiah 2

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And it has come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mountain of YHWH’s house is established, Above the top of the mountains, And it has been lifted up above the heights, And all the nations have flowed to it.

3 And many peoples shall go and say, come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And many peoples have gone and said, “Come, and we go up to the mountain of YHWH, To the house of the God of Jacob, And He teaches us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For a law goes forth from Zion, And a word of YHWH from Jerusalem.

4 And he shall judge between the nations, and shall reprove many peoples: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

And He has judged between the nations, And has given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to plowshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation does not lift up sword to nation, Nor do they learn anymore—war.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of YHWH.”

6 For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of strangers.

For You have left Your people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And [are] sorcerers like the Philistines, And strike hands with the children of strangers.

7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

And its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its chariots,

8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

And its land is full of idols, It bows itself to the work of its hands, To that which its fingers have made,

9 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low; therefore forgive them not.

And the low bows down, and the high is humbled, And You do not accept them.

10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty.

Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence.

11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And the loftiness of men has been bowed down, And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.

12 For there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

For a day [is] to YHWH of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,

14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;

And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

15 and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall;

And for every high tower, And for every fortified wall,

16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish; and upon all pleasant imagery.

And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the haughtiness of man has been bowed down, And the loftiness of men humbled, And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.

18 And the idols shall utterly pass away.

And the idols—they completely pass away.

19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence, In His rising to terrify the earth.

20 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

In that day man casts his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence, In His rising to terrify the earth.

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Cease yourselves from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For—in what is he esteemed?